Manchester City signing Fernandinho was revelling in his new clubs first win of the Premier League season which came with a 4-0 result over Newcastle United on Monday night.
Great victory tonight...thank you all for the support. — Fernandinho (@fernaoficial) August 19, 2013
With my beloved one after game. Com meus amores após o jogo. ? ???? ??????? ????? ????. #cityhttp://t.co/Y7OtXr8Od9 — Fernandinho (@fernaoficial) August 19, 2013
On Wednesday, Chelsea played Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge with the Blues eventually winning 2-1. Kevin de Bruyne's wish did not come true but at least his team won!
Matchday vs my friend @bentekechris20 , hope he doesn't score tonight! #NoMercyChristianpic.twitter.com/v9WLyoQrWj — Kevin De Bruyne (@DeBruyneKev) August 21, 2013
A few days earlier, de Bruyne was thrilled to contribute to Chelsea's first win of the season in the 2-0 victory over Hull City in his Premier League debut.
First game for @chelseafc ! Happy with the win... pic.twitter.com/Acgr7iPYyi — Kevin De Bruyne (@DeBruyneKev) August 18, 2013
Benteke, who did score Villa's only goal in the Chelsea loss, felt his side were extremely unlucky not have at least gained a point in Southwest London.
Unlucky tonight! We can only learn from our mistakes! Keep going for the next game#AVFC — Bentekechristian (@bentekechris20) August 21, 2013
Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku was getting fired up for Belgium's World Cup qualifier with Scotland in Glasgow early next month.
C'est parti pour un nouveau Défi des Diables ! Boostez les supporters qui vont en Ecosse. Téléchargez l'affiche... http://t.co/8oSj4KrQjD
— Romelu Lukaku (@romelulukaku) August 21, 2013
Rough translation: Let's go for a new Challenge Devils! Boost fans who go to Scotland. Download the poster
AC Milan star Mario Balotelli was thrilled to feature on the front of Sports Illustrated.
Thanks to@GrantWahl for the great interview on sports illustrated!Amazing First footballer doing it!I this is DOPE AHAH !! — Mario Balotelli (@FinallyMario) August 21, 2013
On Saturday, Liverpool opened their account with a 1-0 victory over Stoke City which was made possible by a late penalty save from new keeper Simon Mignolet. Reds defender Daniel Agger was very grateful to the Belgian.
Nice 3 points today. Great with 90 min. After 2 weeks out!!! And Yes I know it, I owe Simon a Pint:)) Y.N.W.A — Daniel Agger (@DanielAgger) August 17, 2013
together with adidas we developed this campaign to send a message to our fans: we all play with this jersey! REAL... http://t.co/xJZXmUkESs — Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) August 21, 2013
AC Milan's Kevin-Prince Boateng was surprised to see that Nigel De Jong's father, Jerry, had previously played with PSV Eindhoven when the Italian club were at the Philips Stadion for a Champions League qualifier on Tuesday.
Really @NDJ_Official father played for PSV... #legend#rightback#sameskills#samefacepic.twitter.com/slgBhQsmDr — Kevin-Prince Boateng (@KPBofficial) August 19, 2013
QPR midfielder Joey Barton had a bit of an identity crisis when grabbing a coffee.
Not sure whether Starbucks are trying to purposely wind me up. Today this is my name... pic.twitter.com/kI3Zvunu97 — Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) August 22, 2013
And on a more serious note, Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand pulled his political cap on in regards to the recent alleged terror attack in Syria.
The scenes in #syria are so sad to see....what actually determines whether or not the UN step in to help the innocent people in a country??
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) August 22, 2013
Oil/money is the most common answer from the twitter world regarding my last tweet.... #syria — Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) August 22, 2013
